Compass Resource Management

where good decisions happen

analysis that matters

dialogue that builds understanding

choices that shape the future

Compass Resource Management

where good decisions happen

analysis that matters

dialogue that builds understanding

choices that shape the future

The experts in bringing decision analysis and structured decision making to the complex multi-stakeholder world of resource and environmental management.

We offer a full range of decision support services, creative problem-solving tools, and strategic analysis to help people and governments make informed and transparent choices for a sustainable future. Our core expertise is in environmental planning and policy, structured decision making, and risk analysis. The problems we work on usually involve multiple parties, complicated science and policy options, and conflicts among stakeholders or experts. Solutions for these kinds of problems span conventional boundaries, and a lot of what we do involves working at those edges, integrating across disciplines, sectors, jurisdictions, hypotheses, and worldviews. We’re known for designing and facilitating processes that bring people together to work on messy problems – and getting results.

Recent News

Youth Voices Help Shape the Future of the Xwulqw’selu Watershed

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On November 4, 2025
In Fall 2024, as a tag-on to our ongoing work in support of the Xwulqw’selu (Koksilah) Watershed planning process (a holistic planning process co-led by Cowichan Tribes and the Province of BC), Compass organized a youth engagement session with a Grade 5 class at a local Waldorf school.  Drawing on our Decision Playbook, and working collaboratively with the teacher, Compass designed activities for the students to practice decision-making […]
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Katie O’Donnell Receives TWS Group Achievement Award

  • Posted by Clayton Schroeder
  • On November 6, 2024
In October, as part of The Wildlife Society’s (TWS) Out in the Field initiative, Compass’ Katie O’Donnell was honoured to receive the 2024 TWS Group Achievement Award. Out in the Field works to support and elevate LGBTQ+ TWS members and to create a safe and understanding community of wildlife professionals. The group has three simple […]
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Culturally Informed Facilitation Training Part II: Building Understanding of Identity and Power Dynamics

  • Posted by Clayton Schroeder
  • On October 21, 2024
The purpose of the session was to strengthen our facilitation practices, and our abilities to serve diverse clients, and collaborative processes, across cultural and power differences. We met at the Creekside Community Centre in the neighborhood now known as False Creek. This gathering place is located on the lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) […]
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Culturally Informed Facilitation Training Part I: Reflections on Power and Privilege

  • Posted by Clayton Schroeder
  • On June 19, 2024
This session was an opportunity to look back at past reconciliation sessions and reflect on how our own understandings of reconciliation have perhaps shifted and what that’s meant for us, personally and professionally. Many of our past sessions have looked outwards and focused on learning from the world around us. This session was an opportunity […]
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Recent Projects

Using SDM for Whooping Crane Recovery Planning
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Saulteau First Nations Watershed Management
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Saulteau First Nations and Climate Change Planning
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Delta Island Adaptations—Using SDM for Landscape-Scale Scenario Planning
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Decision Support Tools

We’ve launched a suite of web-based applications designed to help decision-makers navigate processes with the best tools available. These tools have been deployed across a wide range of decision contexts, including water and land use planning, major infrastructure, endangered species and more.

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